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The building has been bought for around £1 million and will be turned into a synagogue and meeting rooms.
It is thought to be the first time a British pub has been used in this way.
Once the refurbishment is completed, it is estimated that 150 people will be able to use the complex at any one time for services or other activities.
The Bobovs hope that the building will be ready for use within "several months". They expect the majority of members to move from shuls in Lampard Grove and Egerton Road.
Rabbi Ephraim Padwa of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations said he was "overwhelmed" by the purchase, adding that the new building would benefit the "flourishing Bobov community".
Community member Ruth Goldberg said: "Everybody is pleased that the pub will be turned into a synagogue.
"This is the prime spot in the whole of Stamford Hill. It is a nice big building with two huge halls. There is a lot of potential but it is all subject to planning permission which we will submit.
"Everybody is looking for more space in the area, but it is not available.
"We have tried for a year to purchase the building. Because this is an Orthodox area, the pub's sales have been declining, so it is a good deal for everyone."
She hoped the community would rally around to help raise the necessary funds.
Meanwhile, staff at The Swan said this week that they were unaware of the sale.
"We don't have many Jewish customers," a barmaid confided. "But during the football season a few do come in."
Some locals who have used the pub for years and are upset over the sale have set up a web site www.savetheswan.com to protest the sale.
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Sep 08, 2008 at 11:25 AM Anonymous Says:
WHICH BOBOV?
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Sep 08, 2008 at 11:26 AM Anonymous Says:
Will they serve liquor?
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Sep 08, 2008 at 11:27 AM Kremzel Says:
Let us all drink a L'Chaim
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Sep 08, 2008 at 11:46 AM Anonymous Says:
Yidden! Rather turn in a pub into a shul, than to turn in your shul into a pub.
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Sep 08, 2008 at 11:46 AM murray Says:
wOW, WHAT A CHOMETZ NIGHTMARE cleaning job, come Pesach.
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Sep 08, 2008 at 12:00 PM murray Says:
This is the shul I want to be at for Simhat Torah!!
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Sep 08, 2008 at 12:01 PM Yitzchok Says:
Great place to make the kiddush.
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Sep 08, 2008 at 12:04 PM McCain-Palin 08 Says:
nice job
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Sep 08, 2008 at 01:20 PM Anonymous Says:
ANother decent pub bites the dust
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Sep 08, 2008 at 01:32 PM keep smiling Says:
i dont think it is nice of everyone pulling jokes I am delighted for the area that thry dont need to have the low life drunkers near their houses any more
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Sep 08, 2008 at 01:28 PM A Londoner Says:
we hope the beer is included. lookin forward!!!!
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Sep 08, 2008 at 02:38 PM Anonymous Says:
Adds a new meaning to "kiddush pub" oops, I mean "Kiddush club"
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Sep 08, 2008 at 02:24 PM Lock & Load Says:
It will become a good old Jewish Pub.......
No Happy Hour.. Separate seating only....
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Sep 08, 2008 at 02:10 PM avi Says:
anon 11:46 - git gezugt!!
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Sep 08, 2008 at 02:55 PM deepthinker Says:
Well, I guess this just makes it official.
To many guys who go to shul, the place is nothing more than a pub to shmuzz, and to have some schnapps ("Kiddush Klub.")
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Sep 08, 2008 at 04:03 PM chaim Says:
ITS FURE SURE THE SHUL OF RABBI MORDCHAI DOVID UNGAR CHASIDIM
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Sep 08, 2008 at 04:07 PM Anonymous Says:
The Brits serve warm beer, so it's good it's going!
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Sep 08, 2008 at 07:10 PM dave Says:
BYOB= Bring Your Own Book
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Sep 08, 2008 at 08:50 PM bigwheeel Says:
Silly Britishers! They take such an exquisite Edifice (Building B'LA"Z) and turn it into a PUB!!!
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Sep 08, 2008 at 08:47 PM bigwheeel Says:
Murray 12PM. Why? do you think [and hope] that the Pubbers (hope there is such a word. If not, we're making it up, now!) forgot a few cases of Scotch in the cellar or a side-room closet (cupboard, in Britishese)! Personally, I wish it was Bourbon!!!
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Sep 08, 2008 at 09:16 PM ex frummie Says:
[bigwheel] do you think saying ["we"] instead of ["I"] makes you sound smarter??? and whats the [deal] with all the (parentheses) and [brackets]-its sorta annoying
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Sep 08, 2008 at 11:28 PM an old stamford hilly Says:
that takes care of drinking and driveing especially on weekend and holidays
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Sep 09, 2008 at 12:25 AM Anonymous Says:
how can it be ungars bobov if he says that they expect egerton road to move there. egerton road is benzions headquarters in london
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Sep 09, 2008 at 07:29 AM Anonymous Says:
I wish them lots of hatzlocho and be able to make many simchas iyh
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Sep 09, 2008 at 06:14 AM Anonymous Says:
in manchester we already have one (former) pub being used as a boys high school and another which will soon be used as a primary (elementary) school/cheder and shtieble
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Sep 09, 2008 at 10:30 AM Anonymous Says:
Forty fifth Street Bobov's present Bais Medrash is in Lampard Grove, and the original (unity) Bais Medrash is in Egerton Road. They expect those now davening in Lampard Grove (45th St.) to be moving to their new Bais Medrash in Clapton Common. They also expect mispallelim from Egerton Road (48 St. and status Quo'ers) to join those in Clapton Common as is the the current trend.
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Sep 09, 2008 at 10:37 AM Anonymous Says:
Rumor has it that the shul will be named
Kahal Pubov.
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Sep 09, 2008 at 10:44 AM Anonymous Says:
10:37 - wrong, they will name it The Swunger...
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Sep 09, 2008 at 10:41 AM anon Says:
It is R` Mordechai Duvid`s Chasidim. The comment about Egerton is evidently a mistake of this anti-religious newspaper. In London everyone, including R` Bentzion`s people, are happy that a longstanding disturbance in the centre of the area will finally be turning into a Beis Hamidrash.
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Sep 09, 2008 at 10:56 AM Anonymous Says:
10:44 AM,
Bad, really bad.
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Sep 09, 2008 at 11:09 AM Anonymous Says:
10:56 - not any worse than 10:37
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Sep 09, 2008 at 02:18 PM bigwheeel Says:
ex-frummie 9:16PM. The reason that I,I,I, don't like to use the term "I", repeatedly is because "I" don't focus on M"I"self!!!
Furthermore, your inquiry [and annoyance?] about the "DEAL" with all [of] the []{}()used in [my] posts, is PUZZLING to me! The simple reason [that I(note NOT, "we") make extensive [and liberal] use of same, is, that those [bracketed], (parenthesized, (or parenthetized) [peripheral] inserts are not part of the main sentence. So, in order to keep the stream flowing the sub-parts are excised! (All of the above [explanations and elaborations) are on a conscious level! For the rest. (i.e. the reason for your annoyance and my persistence in doing so, a Psychologist should be consulted!)!!!
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Sep 10, 2008 at 02:29 PM Asher Says:
Lets forget all this nonsense,it only means there will be another shul to walk to for kedashim.